The LAFC and the LA Galaxy battle to the end with 3-3 tie

LAFC # 99 Denis Bouanga (Forward) scored two goals against the LA Galaxy at BMO Stadium. Photo by Tony Dunn/TGSportstv1 July 19, 2025.

LOS ANGELES, CA - LAFC remained unbeaten in July, playing to a 3-3 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy at BMO Stadium on Saturday night. Denis Bouanga scored twice and Javairô Dilrosun tallied once, but the Galaxy were able to score in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time to force the draw and give each team a point.

With the tie, LAFC is now 10-5-6 on the season for 36 points. They are unbeaten in their last four games, and have taken 10 of a possible 12 points in that time.

Following a tight opening 20 minutes in which neither team was able to create many chances, LAFC was able to break the deadlock in the 26th minute when Ryan Hollingshead got free on the left wing and played a perfectly weighted through ball behind the Galaxy defense for Bouanga, who slid a right-footed shot just inside the far post, giving LAFC a 1-0 lead.

The score was 2-0 five minutes later when Mark Delgado eluded a tackle at midfield and prodded the ball forward to Nathan Ordaz on the left wing. Ordaz raced into the box before hitting a low cross to Dilrosun at the corner of the six-yard box. Dilrosun took one touch to settle the pass before curling a left-footed shot past the dive of the Galaxy goalkeeper Novak Mićović, doubling the LAFC advantage.

The Galaxy pulled a goal back five minutes later when Gabriel Pec converted a penalty kick, making the score 2-1 in favor of LAFC at the halftime break.

Bouanga restored LAFC's two-goal lead in the 67th minute when his clipped pass toward Ordaz eluded everyone, allowing the three-time MLS All-Star to collect the ball in his half and run through the heart of the Galaxy defense before calmly slotting his shot into the corner of the net.

That goal was Bouanga's fifth in the last four games, and gave LAFC a 3-1 lead. Pec pulled a goal back for the Galaxy in the 79th minute, redirecting a Marco Reus cross past Hugo Lloris, making the score 3-2.

Lloris maintained LAFC's lead with an acrobatic double save from close range in the 88th minute, but early in second-half stoppage time, a scuffle near midfield saw referee Guido Gonzales Jr. show a red card to LAFC's Eddie Segura, giving the Galaxy a man advantage for the game's final minutes.

The visitors made that advantage count with the final action of the game as Maya Yoshida headed a Mauricio Cuevas cross into the corner of the net to tie the score at 3-3.

LAFC will play again on Friday, July 25, when the club hosts the Portland Timbers at BMO Stadium. That game, which is LAFC's final league game before beginning Leagues Cup action, is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m.